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813  :  De Civitate Dei

Number

813


Shelf Marks

  • Boston, Public Library, Med. 10

Owners before c.1550

  • Chapter of St Mary and the twelve apostles (church), Utrecht

Commissioners

  • Chapter of St Mary and the twelve apostles (church), Utrecht
    • Clergy
    • Gender : Institution

Country

USA


Ownership Category

Public

Scribe

Theodoricus Ghijsberti (Friar)

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Sticht
    • Details : Utrecht ?
  • Date
    • Date details : 1466
    • Half centuries : 1450-1499
    • Decade : 1460 - 1469

Physical description

Measurements

  • 166 (1+264+1) leaves
  • Size categories of height : 375-399 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 375 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 283 mm

Illustrations

  • Total number of illustrations : 3
  • Number of miniatures : 1
  • Number of historiated initials : 2
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings :

Miniaturists

  • Antonis Utenbroec / M Boston City of God

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : modern (parchment over wooden boards)
  • Dating : Modern binding


Content

Genre

philosophical, theological, ascetic

Authors

  • Augustine

Translators

/

Contents

  • 1 : De Civitate Dei

Languages

  • Latin

Bibliography

Henri L.M. Defoer, Anne S. Korteweg & Wilhelmina C.M. Wüstefeld, The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting, exhib. cat., New York-Utrecht-Stuttgart 1989, cat. no. 073 (2 il.)

Jonathan J.G. Alexander, James H. Marrow & Lucy Freeman Sandler (with the assistance of Elisabeth Moodey and Todor T. Petev), The Splendor of the Word. Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library, exhib. cat., New York-London-Turnhout 2005, see no. 68

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman